so yeah, i was @ Conestoga today & had to go take a leak. there were a bunch of ppl walking in @ the same time, n i'm heading towards the urinals (which oddly enough, are placed right next to the entrance). there's 3: a "kiddy" one on the left, and 2 regular ones to the right of it. the one on the far right was occupied. the guy in front of me starts walking towards the kiddy/shorter one, then steers towards the middle one, but then the guy who was already there like spits/says something to himself, n the new guy does an about-face n decides to stick to a stall instead. i'm thinking: "err...ok, so he just changed his mind to a #2 that's all..." so anyway, i decide to park in the middle stall which was right in front of me anyway. i don't see that as breaking the "code" which i've been told of many times. however, i started to get the feeling that the guy before me had chosen a stall not because of a sudden bowel movement, but b/c of the amount of movement the guy to my right was making! iono, i think he might've been gimped or something, but iono, he just kept makin' a lotta noise (snorting, spitting, etc.), and to top it all off, he chuckles to himself n then turns to me n says "aw man, that's what a cup 'o coffee'll do to ya!" this normally wouldn't have been that funny to me, but at this point some memories of funny conversations this term regarding bathroom etiquette were running through my head and i had no control over myself when i smirked in response and said "yeah man, that stuff'll just go right through you..."
so yyeeeaaaaah anyway...
after Conestoga i decided to take one more trip into Downtown Kitchener via the #7 bus (can't bike anymore b/c someone STOLE it!). so i get down there n i'm walkin' down King st. just a bit past Kitchener City Hall, and who do i see? none other than the skin-etching entrepreneur himself...mr. Lobo (click here to read about my first encounter w/ Lobo). he was walking his dog/wolf, w/ his cowboy boots & hat...dude's like a character from out of Bonanza or somethin' w/ that knife he's always got strapped on to his waist too. neway, he seemed to recognize me, always happy to talk to someone who hails from the West Coast which he holds in such high regard from his visits to there long ago. told me to look for his shop (Werewolf Skin Designs) when he retires out West in the Okanagan in the next year or so. gotta hand it to him, the guy's got taste.
Lobo posing w/ his "puppy"
lastly, but certainly not least, i bought the first xmas present of the season. yes mui, you should be happy and honoured that yours (yes YOURS!) was the first thing i picked up this year. i hope it fits though, i've always tried to stay away from buying clothes for girls unless i have a girl w/ me for advice, but this time i was stuck, clueless on my own. nyeh too bad.
Christmas in Kitchener